Every time I read a complaint about having to do the dishes or working a dumb job, I like to imagine the complainer making their case to the kids who work 16 hour days to make their clothes.

  • MyBrainHurts@piefed.caOP
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    3 hours ago

    For vast swathes of humanity, it’s better than ever before.

    I apologize if that came across as a quantity thing. I mean as proportions. (Though obviously true quantity wise as well.)

    The percentage of people in extreme poverty, percentage of dead children etc, life has, by almost every conceivable metric has improved greatly for the overwhelming majority.

    Again, I strongly recommend Hans Rosling’s Factfulness, it’s a wild eye opener.